Commutation-ticket holder



(No Model.)

M. RICE.

ooMMUTAT-ION TIGKET HOLDER. Y No..336,493. Patented Feb. .16, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MATHEW RICE, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

COMMUTATlON-TICKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,493, dated February 16, 1886.

Application led July 23, 1885. Serial No. 172,405. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, MATHEW RICE, a citizen of the United States, residing in Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Commutation-Ticket Holder, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in commutation-ticket holders; and it consists in the construction of the holder with a certain device for throwing the ticket out by touching a knob or thumb-piece, thereby releasing the spring to which the card is attached.

The following is the construction of the same.

Figure l is a sectional plan view showing the case cut horizontally, and one sideremoved to show the position of the lazy-tongs A, the actuating-spring S, the card-clamp J, and the commutation-card D in the act of being forced out of the case. It also shows the thumb-piece E. Fig. 2, a sectional plan view of the same, showing the card D drawn back into the case. Fig. 3 is a perspective plan u view showing the case as it appears when the card is drawn in. Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a part broken out to show the posi tion of the catch-pin Hwhen drawn back; and Fig. 5 is a crosssection of the same part.

I form the case F of metal, papier-mache, or any suitable material. I make the receptacle for the card as thin as practicable, but wide enough to operate the lazy-tongs K by means of the spring S, (which I generally construct of metal.) I construct the lazytongs K of any suitable material. I atta-ch the clamp J, which grips the end of the commutation-ticket D, by simply pressing the same into the clamp-slot firmly withthe fingers. It will remain firmly in the clamp, and requires a considerable force to pull it out. I

`attach the thumb-knob E at the second central joint of the lazy-tongs, as shown. The stem which connects the knob E with the lazy-tongs K operates through the slot G, which is long enough to allow the lazy-tongs K to be thrown fully out to the outer edge of the case F and expose the whole face of the commutation-ticket,inordertohaveitpunched at the ferry or toll-gate. I form the offset O to allow the spring T to throw the thumbknob E up until the catches H hold the lazytongs K back in the position where the commutationcard D is drawn entirely within the case F. I sometimes form the notch or oiset O in the bottom instead of the top of the case F, and the spring S to act downward, so that in releasing the commutation-ticket D the thumb-piece E is picked up by the thumbnail to release the lazytongs, and thereby throw the commutation ticket or card D out to be punched.

The following is the operation of my improved commutation-ticketholder. The card D is pressed rmly into the clamp J, which is slotted to receive the same and grip it firmly by friction. I generally construct the slot of the clamp J with smooth sides, sufficiently narrow to pinch the card D very tightly, but it will require either teeth or a spring to hold the same from falling in some cases. The thumb-knob E being drawn back until it reaches the offset O, the spring T throws the catch-projections H up and stops the lazytongs when drawn back, and the card is entirely within the case. It is then'ready to be placed in the pocket. On arriving at a tollgate or ferry the commutation-ticket holder is taken out of the pocket and the thumbknob E is pressed by the thumb, and the projecting catches H pressed out of the offset O and the lazy-tongs K forced out by the spring S, forcing the commutation-card D out, so as to allow it to be punched by the gatekeeper. It is then returned to its place in the case by drawing back the thumbfpiece E, and consequently the lazytongs K and cardclamp J.

I do not confine myself to any particular kind of material for constructing the commutation-ticket holder case F or the lazy-tongs K, nor to any precise construction of spring for operating the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In commutation-ticket holders, the lazy= tongs K, with thumb-knob E, having projections H and spring T, and the card-clamp J, in combination with the commutation-ticket case F, having the slot G and offset O for the purpose of holding the commutation-card D IOC and presenting the same for punching, suberated substantially as and for the purposes stantialy as and for the purposes set forth. set forth.

2. The commutation ticket holder described, composed of the case F, with slot G MATHEW RICE' 5 and offset O, the lazy-tongs K, with thumb- Vitnesses:

piece E, and card-clamp J, with projections JOHN H. REDSTONE,

H, the whole constructed, combined, and op- L. E. REDSTONE. 

